Maternal, Newborn, and Child
Health flashcards exam
Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health - answer ✅✅Refers to integrated continuum
of care that delivers basic services to mothers, infants, and children at critical points
(within first 5 years of life) with the goal of ensuring health and survival.
Indicators of MNCH - answer ✅✅Maternal, infant, neonatal, and under five
mortality rates.
MNCH Includes - answer ✅✅Improved prenatal care. Skilled practitioners during
birth. Access to emergency obstetrics and newborn care. Postnatal visits. Adequate
nutrition and education.
Maternal Mortality - answer ✅✅The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42
days of termination of pregnancy irrespective of the duration and site of the
pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its
management but not from accidental or incidental causes. More women in the US
die of pregnancy today than in the past.
Causes of Maternal Mortality - answer ✅✅Severe bleeding. Infections. Eclampsia.
Unsafe abortion.
Health flashcards exam
Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health - answer ✅✅Refers to integrated continuum
of care that delivers basic services to mothers, infants, and children at critical points
(within first 5 years of life) with the goal of ensuring health and survival.
Indicators of MNCH - answer ✅✅Maternal, infant, neonatal, and under five
mortality rates.
MNCH Includes - answer ✅✅Improved prenatal care. Skilled practitioners during
birth. Access to emergency obstetrics and newborn care. Postnatal visits. Adequate
nutrition and education.
Maternal Mortality - answer ✅✅The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42
days of termination of pregnancy irrespective of the duration and site of the
pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its
management but not from accidental or incidental causes. More women in the US
die of pregnancy today than in the past.
Causes of Maternal Mortality - answer ✅✅Severe bleeding. Infections. Eclampsia.
Unsafe abortion.
